Faculty members acceptance of Web-based education.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the WebCLS project on clinical laboratory science (CLS) faculty members including improvement of participating CLS educators' skills in designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating interactive, Web-based instructional programs. DESIGN: A survey was developed t...
| Published in: | Clinical Laboratory Science Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 88 - 95 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Spring2004
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106555986&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106555986 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0894959X IKL jtl: Clinical Laboratory Science issn: 0894959X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Spring2004 vid: 17 iid: 2 pid: 13703 pub: American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science place: Dundee, Michigan artinfo: ui: 106555986 106555986 2005011171 NLM15168889 106555986 ppf: 88 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Faculty members acceptance of Web-based education. aug: au: Freeman VS Holcomb D Brickell J Chandler K Muellenberg P affil: Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1140; vfreeman@utmb.edu sug: subj: Education, Medical Laboratory Technology World Wide Web Applications Education Faculty, Allied Health Education Education, Non-Traditional Program Development Surveys Descriptive Statistics Human ab: OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the WebCLS project on clinical laboratory science (CLS) faculty members including improvement of participating CLS educators' skills in designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating interactive, Web-based instructional programs. DESIGN: A survey was developed that included 24 statements related to respondents' perceptions of how their participation in the project: a) improved their course development skills, b) developed their evaluation skills, and c) affected them personally. Four open-ended questions asked the respondents to comment on the project's effect on their traditional course development skills, plans for future usage of WebCLS-produced course materials, the most beneficial outcomes of their participation, any problems that participation in the project caused them, and any unexpected positive or negative outcomes that could be attributed to their participation. SETTING: The survey was sent to 27 individuals who had participated in the project. RESULTS: Twenty-four participants completed the survey for an 89% response rate. The mean response was 6.82 (S.D. 2.32) with sixteen respondents' (73%) reporting participation at the mean or above. CONCLUSION: Overall, the WebCLS project accomplished its objective of improving CLS educators' Web-based, distance education course development skills. One of the most positive outcomes of the project was the survey respondents' belief that their participation in the project expanded their contacts with colleagues in CLS education as well as with instructional design experts, computer programmers, and other technical support personnel. Furthermore, this outcome prompted several participating faculty to report that this enhanced collegial relationship will sustain their interest in curriculum development over time. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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